Do you read guides (walkthroughs) or do you always choose answers at random? I always read otome games with guides; I don't even start playing without them.
Do you read otome with or without guides?
- Thread starter Violetta19
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- Apr 19, 2017
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I like to play games completely blind first so I can be surprised by the choices. Once I finish my first playthrough, I'll look up guides to catch everything I missed and complete all the CGs and endings~
enren
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- May 14, 2026
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I always play blind only.
Unless I get stuck in a loop of never-ending bad endings while trying to see a Happy ending instead. Happened twice so far. Once with Ankou (Virche) and then Kaguya (Taisho x Alice). Had no idea what I was doing wrong.
Unless I get stuck in a loop of never-ending bad endings while trying to see a Happy ending instead. Happened twice so far. Once with Ankou (Virche) and then Kaguya (Taisho x Alice). Had no idea what I was doing wrong.
- Jul 31, 2025
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If the game is short then I'll go in blind, or if a walkthrough is just hard to find :v Otherwise, I always stick to a walkthrough. I like to min max my time and effort =))
- Apr 15, 2026
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I like to play blind but that doesn't mean I make random choices. I always choose what I'm more curious about, for example pursuing my favourite LI or deciding a plan of action depending on what I would do or what I think it's most fitting for the MC.
- Jan 28, 2026
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i use a guide since it helps me keep track of things like bad endings or route progression
- Aug 19, 2025
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it depends, i like my first play to be without help, but if it has more ending, and i cant find them in my own, then to the walkthrough of shame i go.
- Feb 10, 2026
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Getting stuck in Kaguya's bad endings is so real
I also played blind and then with Kaguya i got all of the bad endings before i could get the good ending. I haven't played Virche yet but i see this comment as a warning...
- May 6, 2021
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- Mar 14, 2021
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Guides to optimize the experience, I like to just enjoy the story. There are some games that have dumb choices impact the endings... in a way that doesnt make any sense lol
- Jan 30, 2026
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It varies per game for me. If I believe the experience to be more interesting while played blind, then I'll do that. Otherwise I'll check specific details of guides to get the endings I want the most.
- Mar 4, 2025
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I play without a guide. I like to make my own decisions without any influence. The only time I use a guide is when I get a Bad Ending (I hate getting bad endings) or the game is very complex and long, which makes me use a guide so I don't have to play it all again. (ᵕ—ᴗ—)
- Jan 4, 2026
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Game dependent. I first play blind, and if I haven't work out the play system or frustrating unlocking another route on 2nd play, that's when I search up a guide.
coringring
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- May 17, 2026
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My pride always makes me think I won't regret my choices or that I'll easily get the good ending, but I always end up looking up guides anyway.
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I usually use guides when playing games because I want to collect all the CGs and story routes 
But sometimes I also want to try playing on my own too ;)
But sometimes I also want to try playing on my own too ;)
- Mar 4, 2026
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I'm not into guides honestly I like to discover every endings by myself (；^ω^）
razznilix
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- May 16, 2026
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Sometimes I use guides to get 100% if I've already done everything else I care about, but never before that point.
- Mar 17, 2017
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At least will try to play without one. Will looks for tips if lost and for a guide if "to hell with it" or if llm is in use for translation.
- Sep 17, 2024
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I prefer to play with guides. I hate it when I play a game for 10+ hours and then get the ending I didn't want. I'd have to start over or at least replay the same scenes again.
- Apr 23, 2018
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Without a guide? For me to do what, work for a happy ending? Absolutely not. Unless the route is so easy a child could accidentally stumble into it blind, I am opening that walkthrough immediately. ┐('～`；)┌
- Dec 6, 2022
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With guides, definitely. Although I'd like to play without one, but that's not possible for me because I'd always get bad endings 
enren
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Don't worry, Virche is nothing like Kaguya's route.Getting stuck in Kaguya's bad endings is so real
But Virche is tricky. If I remember right, all of Virche's good endings (in Error Salvation) are locked until you clear the last route. You aren't meant to see them.
Ankou's Route is in Virche 2 (epic lycoris), and his ending depends on the route you do before it to unlock it. I didn't know that. That's why I got stuck there.
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- Sep 1, 2024
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I always go blind on my first playthrough, and then use a guide to clean up the other endings lol. BUT for games like Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side, I literally have to look up a walkthrough from day one. I've never actually beaten that game without a guide, it's just waaaay too brutal
- Nov 5, 2023
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I go blind on my first playthrough, then use guide to collect endings or if I can't get the ending I want.
- Feb 10, 2026
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WOW that's really tricky. I will make sure to check a walkthrough lol thank you